Improved noodle-machine



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`-Letters Patent No`.l102,962, dated May 10, 1870.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

l', Dominion OBERGFELL, of Wheeling, in the county of Ohio and State `of West Virginia, have in#4 following isa specification. i

My invention relates tothe construction and opvcnted anlnproved Noodle-Machine, of which the eration of a small,smple, and cheapmachine for mak-` ing noodles for' soup, thense of which will result in a great saving` of laborfandtime in `the In the drawings`. l i Figure l represents a side 'fview of the machine standing upon its legs, and

making.

Figure 2, a vertical sectional view of the s:nne,j

standingin the sameY position. l l The whole ofthemachine may be well constructed of iron or suitable metal, except the plunger' A, which `shouldbe made of wood which would not impart any Y had flavor or color to the dough, nor would it be ad,- `hercd to by it, as would be the case with almostany :of the metals. i

The main cylinderBand top F shohld have about `the form and proportions shown inthe drawings, land 'are supportedand heldl in their proper relative posi-` tions by the three legs, d d d, which pass through the `flange b of the cylinder B, and the top.F,`thus constituting the frame of the machine:

" The body of the cylinder is hollow, the shell being made just thick enough to afford it sufficient strength to sustain it in the operation hereinafter described.

O, the bottom of this cylindrical vessel, is perforated with holes of' the propel' size, and as manyin number as can be made without `too much impairing its strength to sustain the operation ofthe machine. v

The top F, cylinder B with its flange h, and the legs l d d d, may be` castiu one piece, which would greatly reduce the cost of the machine.

The plunger A should have the form vshown in the drawings, and should be" made of wood, as before stated, and should be just large enough in circumference to t nicely into the body ofthe cylinder B, and it should be fastened in any suitable manner tothe lowerend of the screwfshaft E, or as shown in the drawings, so as to be removable, if need be, for cleansg'lhis' shaft has a male screw upon it, to fit afemale screw infthe top F, through which it extends, and p is turned by the crank D, fixed upon its upper end.

Now, the plunger A, heilig raised out ofand above the cylinder B, the dough of which noodles are to be made is put into the cylinder, and the machine is held over or lodged-upon the pot or other vessel in which the soup is being made, and then, by turning the shaft E by means ot' the crank D, the plunger A. will be forced-down upon the dough, which, in its turn, will be forced through the perforations in the bottom of the cylinder, `and it will then, in the form ofnoodles, fall into the soup-vessel.

The noodles may be made of any desired size or form, whether round, square, or fiat, by the size and `form given to the perbrations in the bottom of the cylinder', which is a simple perforated plate, easily removable for the purpose Yof cleansing it, or exchanging it for one with holes of dierent size or shape, and

rests upon a flange made for the purpose of sustainingit on the innerlower edge of the cylinder, as shown `in fig. 2.

u 'lhismachine is so simple and cheap in its material andA construction, that it may not only be usedV with great economy of time and labor in hotels, boardinghouses, and restaurants, but in every private family, instead of rolling out the dough, and cutting the noo` dies, as has heretofore been donc.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is' Y 'he cylinder B, plunger A, top Escrow-shaft E, and legs d d d, and the perforated bottom C, in corn- 'bination as a whole, when constructed substantially as and for` the purpose described as anew article of 

